Wisdom Quotes

"Nothing is so destructive as illusion."

"Life's greatest tragedy is wasted potential."

"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."

"Bad language is a stage all children go through and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it."

"Firstly, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks."

"Scout, I'm going to tell you something and I want you to understand it."

"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."

"Life has meaning only if one is acting on principles."

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

"Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

"Conscience is the compass of the soul."

"A man is unhappy when he thinks he is unhappy"

"An intelligent man cannot seriously become anything; it is a sign of strength."

"He who understands everything understands nothing."

"Constancy is but a virtue of the dull"

"The world is not made for dreamers"

"He could not understand how anyone could be unhappy with such a kind wife"

"The greatest cruelty is to give someone exactly what they desire"

"There is no remedy for a heart that desires the impossible"

"I have learned to let go of what I cannot change and to change what I can."

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

"There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads."

"I could not possibly hope to see you practicing law, son, but I can see you practicing humility."

"Do the best you can with what you have."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of"

"Stability is socially valuable, but the pursuit of it is individually sterile."

"No feeling is final."

"The secret of happiness and virtue is liking what you have to do."

"People are always in one of three moods."

"We accept the impossible and reject the possible."